........you are expendable at this point. David lee is zach without the offense.

I would hate to tack on david to a marbury dump type of trade. Im thinking since he is so beloved around the league.........what can he fetch back to the knicks to actually help the team.

I love the dude but frankly........zach is better. The knicks lack a viable starter that's ready to help now at the 3 spot. They lack a true leader at point....even craw is too streaky to count on heavily night in and out.

So regardless of what's going on with Marbs.....maybe its time for Lee to go. It would be stupid to hold on to a guy so talented if you have a guy that's better starting ahead of him.

He deserves to go play for a good teasm that will use him properly in a role playing scheme

I would not be in a hurry to anoint Zach as our solution. Until we have something that works I still consider Lee as important an ingredient as anyone.

Which certainly isn't to say he's untouchable, just that Zach and Eddy are still highly questionable.

depends on who ur getting back for him in a deal... nobody's untouchable on this team, but u have to get something back that addresses a major need on this team if you're going to trade him.

I'd rather have Lee off the bench for 16-20 minutes than Zach in our starting lineup playing 35 plus minutes every game. But I'd dump Lee in a heartbeat, well actually I would dump every single player on this team if it meant starting over without Isiah Thomas.

I have been trying to say this since it is obvious that Zeke wants to play Curry and Zach for 38 minutes a night. Lee is the only person someone will take and it would have to be Crawford or quentin. You get a very good player and you get rid of Lee and a bad contract something that the knicks never do. They usually take the longer contract. The thing is a new GM may want to keep Lee and try and trade Curry or Randolph

I agree and I dont see Dolan letting IT do anything right now.

Posted by King1:

I agree and I dont see Dolan letting IT do anything right now.

You would hope not. Any move he makes now would reek of desperation.

3 other head coaches were supposed to win with a lot less. Time to put up or get out.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Lets also remember that last year Eddy declared he'd demand a trade if Isiah was fired. I think we should hold him to that.

Compared to what we gave up to get him, we'd be looking at receiving 25 cents on the dollar in any trade.

overrated ?

Posted by djsunyc:

the day we traded for zach, we should've moved david lee. i can understand why the knicks would be hesitant as he was pretty much a huge crowd favorite so it would not be looked at in a favorable light. but considering the huge hole at SF, the consistency at SG, and a long term answer at PG, a backup (which is what lee became after the zach trade) should not have become untouchable. we should've moved him for a starting 1/2/3. i fear lee's value will go down if the season continues in this manner.

why is it so tough for isiah to understand how to put together a team of complimentary talents?

because lee is still considered by many to be Isiah's smartest acquisition. If he gave him up and we still sucked he'd have nothing good to point to. Of course sucking while diminishing Lee's value isn't exactly making lee look good either.

Unfortunately, I think the Zekebury core is so rotten right now no choice would be working out or looking smart. In a way, keeping Lee while still getting a high profile player like Zach was the safest move. He's still compiling assets for the really big deal, ie, Kobe.